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VOL. CDC. NO. 67.
RALEIGH, N. G, SATURDAY MORNING, MARCH 8, 1919.
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IIORE BRITISH STATESMEN m m i
AIWECIAUSTS
BJ PARIS TO AID
Premier Lloyd George Especi
ally Busy Since His Return,
Accompanied By Chantel
lor of the Exchequer
MILITARY TERMS OF THE
PRELIMINARY PEACE
Xotice of Interruption of Kef o
. tiationi at Spa Received By
.War Council; Lansing Sub
mits Proposal With Regard
To German Cablet; Albania
Seeks American Mandatory
If Council Does Not Allow
Its Claims; Other Defelop-
Oiri
(Bj th Associate Pre. I
Paris, Mar. J. (via Montreal) Many
British statesmen njjfi specialists hare
- jjined the British delegation to the
Peace Conference in order to take care
of the many important questions being
considered by the Supreme Council and
the various commissions. Premier Lloyd
George lias been especially busy aince
his retnrn from London and doea not
capital again Until about March 20.
Austen Chamberlain, Chancellor of
the Exchequer,, accompanied the Pre
mier to Paris Wednesday and has beea
in conference with the British delega
tion. Premier Lloyd George has had
long conferences with Foreign Secre
tary Balfour and Viscount Milner.
At the meeting of the Supreme Coun
cil Thursday Premier Lloyd George
pointed out the armistice with Ger
many had political, as well as military
consequences. Be insisted on strengtb
' ening the terms drafted .by the mili
tary experts, especially in regard to the
German navy. The session.' Thursday
was characterized by unanimity regard
ing the disarmament of Germany.
Friday Seeslea of CeaaciL
. Pari. Mar. 7, Notice of the later
ruptioa of the negotiations at Spa with
respect to tba surrender of the Ger
man merchant fleet was received by the
supreme council It its meeting today.
Premier Lloyd George addressed the
council with regard to- the military
terms of the preliminary peace with
Germany. The discussion of revlctual
liug the States' formerly included-in
Austria-Hungary- was completed.
Secretary Lansing, of the American
delegation submitted a proposal with re
gard to German cables.
- At, the request of the Italian dele
gates it was decided to appoint an later-allied
eommimioa to inquire ' into
recent incidents at Laibaeh, Croatia.
-Raptarrd."
(Br ta Auoeietad Pra )
Weimar, Tharsday, March 6. The
negotiations Concerning shipping and
food at Spa -were ruptured with the
support of the representative of the
German shaping interests, including
Director ILeinakea of the North Gor
man Lloyd, vVho declared that if the
Germans met the allied demands it
would mean the rain of German mer
cantile and sea trade interests.
In commenting on the news, the
Deutseiiland expresses satisfaction with
the attitude of the German representa
tives and says that the German people
will endorse and snpport their attitude.
ALBANIANS SICK
AMEIICAX MANDATORY
Paris, March 7. The Albanian dele
gation to the Peace Coaferenee, after
a hearing by the commission dealing
with Greek questions, sent a note to
Premier Clemencean, as president of
the conference, proposing that in 'the
event Its claims were not admitted by
the Supreme Council that a mahdate
be given to the United States ty oc
cupy and administer for one year Ukr-i
territories claimed-by the Albanians.
The" claims set forth by the Albanians
include Tehajoaxa to tbe.touflu iwcU
as ths Albanian territories annexed to
Montenegro and 8erbia.
Should the conference accept the
proposal the Albanians say they are
willing that, the mandate be extended
to northern Kpirus, claimed by both
, Albania and Greece, ander such condi
tions that ths population, will be able
to manifest its aspirations without re
ftrsiat. Datca Llatbarf QaeaUea.
. Paris, March 7. Th quest ioa of
Dutch iimburg has not yet been con
sidered by the Peace Conference Com
mission on Belgian claims, . M. Tar
dien, a member of the French pcaee
delegation, informed newspaper men
Thursday.
' ' Bo, added no military tons would be
created in Bchlaswig because the Dan
ish govern inept had declared the pres
ence of allied warships at Fleasbnrg
would suffice to prevent German in
terference with the plebiscite regard
ing self- determination.
Oateial Statement.
- Paris, March 7. The official state
ment dealing with today's session f
the supreme eouaeil,' issued this even
1 rig- leys "Ths supreme eouneil met to
day at p. nu ,
k "Information wss givea ar-te the in
terruption of the negotiations at Spa
regarding the surrender of the German
merchant fleet and Mr. Laasiag. sub
mitted a proposal ia regard to the Ger
ssaa cables. ',
"M ths request of the (alwa dele-
;..;'. ( - m ,-f': i ' X: ".
(CeatlBMefiB Page Tw4 . , v
A rri yry' u tu
COu
AIXIXS WILL M FORCED TO TAKE.
CEBMAN MEBCHANT MT BY
. rOSCXi EKEMT TEAM MUTINY.
Wwhmctoa. Starch T. Ckairasan Hur
ley, ef the Shippta Hoard, declared to
la Mrht that the retinal of th Gtrmu dele
tale to aare to th. demands of th. allies
for tb. aummdHiewsl i lender oC Crman
anerraant ships proaaMv waa and by
tr at ths mutinous sailor t Bremen and
Hamburg.
Mr. Harley a . that the sailors had ob
jected Mrmaossljr to th proposal becaaa
Uw j uuM m. be allowed to aaaa th
ship hboVt allied eoatrol. Knowing- this,
th Genua defecate, he aaM, probably re
faaed to take any definite action and mad
th conditio that th allies ant would
have ta ajrra to famish Germany wtth
food supplies until th next
'There would be Doth in to prevent the
Ilia from soins.m and taking th ahtps
br fere," said Mr. Hurler, "and I imaalne
th German delea-at would rather see this
done than be forced to oommK themselves
to a proposal which tber ka'ew would b
oppoaed br th sailers. Thar r a fore
to be rat honed with and tb delegates
Antes, .fl.
to ft- coafcreao at
Treves
at which ar.
Aascncaa soldiers fross France. He said
toaar. o far aa be knew, none of the
ships had ret beea turned over.
THIS ONE WOULD
Senate Propaganda Committee
Hears. More Witnesses On
Russian Question
TELLS OF ARGUMENTS
USED. BY LENINE LEADERS
Former Member of Assembly
Says Trotskyites Would De
stroy AH GoTeraments
Waahington, March 1. G. A. Martu
saine, who described himself ss at Bus-'
in
staa peasant and at present the offlcialj ed In detail, the American mission will
representative in this country of the , 'address itself particularly to the oues-
Russia, government of the north, told J?? ,? fJ"ln" 0,fM?U'J 8hip-
, ... . 11 hM DW" 400 judgment qf the navy
the Senate propaganda committee togejfrat board, charged with llxinrihe
day 'the United States and tho allies militaay eh'sacteristirs of new ships,
eould aid Russia only by helping to hit YMfA 8t?,e' ontlnue
only by helping to
crush the Bolshevists. With Lenine
and Trotiky overthrown, he said, the
masses of people now ruled by terror
wonld themselves organize a real demo
cratic governments ' '
Contradicts Rebiaa.
wv--t
uu xne
Toe witness, who testified w
aid of an interpreter, disagreed with
testimony .presented earlier in. the .day
by Raymond Robins, former head of
the American Red Cross mission in
Russia, that the masses of the people
in that country favored the -Bolshevik
regime. Mr. Martusaine told the com
mittee since he was a Rnesian himself
he had a more intimate knowledge of
the desires of the Russian people than
Mr. Robins conld possibly have secured
daring the few months the Red Cross
official was in tbe eonntry.
Majority Against Bolshevism.
"I was a member of the original eon
stitutent assembly which was dissolved
by force by the Bolshevists when they
fonad only one-fourth of the delegates
held the same, ideas as they," said the
witness. "I know that the masses Of
people in Russia will fight Bolshevism
jast as they foaght Csarism,-for the
terror they are under now is far greater
than any they ever suffered under the
old autocracy."
Weald Destroy All Governments.
Mr. Martusaine said in, his opinion
fc
oth Lenine and Trotzky were fanatics
'Who believed in their mission to destroy
everybody and agreeing with their ideas
and to overthrow all orderly govern
ments. . The witness described in detail
the economic disorganization and chaos
brought about iu Russia and the reign
of terror inaugurated by the Bolshevik
which led to' 'the Tniled ' States and I
Great Britain virtually declaring them j
outlaws. He declared all guarantees of j
freedom had been abrogated in Soviet 1
Russia and said there were countless
numbers of rases where men had been
killed simply because- suspected of.
aa- 1 3 m'l ! a a. I
nvaiai octs. vis) m reaaams.
Mr. .Martusaine said the peasants of
Russia wonld sow little grain this spring
because of the knowledge that the crop
would be taken by the Bolshevists who
have organized special armed forces for
solleetiag farm produce-- -.
Three elements assist the Bolshevists
leaders in continuing their grasp on
Russia, the witness said. He gave these
as terrorism, false promises of free landl
and other reforms favorable- to the
peasants and the constant increasing
of their ranks by reactionary elements
which desire the re-establishment of the
monarchy.
Blamee British.
The witness" told of his part in ths
revolution in northern Russia, which
succeeded in eliminating the Bolshevists,
and said the allied forces were espe
cially invited to come in and slssist In
the operations against the Reds. lis
complained that- not enough troops had
beea sent to accomplish the task, how
ever, and trouble had been experienced
with certain British military officers
who, he said, started to interfere in
civil affairs., This resulted in the, up
settihf of the aew government, he tes
tified, but it waa re-established at the
demand of the Americas embassador,
(Ceatlaaee) ea Psge Tre.)
-T- Ct.. . I
ose ot Visit Is To
y With Recent Re
Jest of Congress
SAMS NEXT SATURDAY
TO BE GONE ONE MONTH
Accompanied By Admirals
Will Visit Paris, London,
Xome; Some Details
j (Br the Associated Press.)
j Washington, ' March 7. Secretary
Daniels and a party of American Naval
experts will leave for Europe next week
to discuss with allied naval officers the
best type of Capital warships to- be
built in the future, based on the lessons
gained in the great war. Because of
conflicting opinions on this subject
among American officers, the secretary
has .been ascd to submit a definite
recommendation to the next Congress
in December.
Baker Going Next Month.
. It nlso was learned today that .Peere-
Anvil 1 IX lnA
weeks and probably will arrive overseas
before Secretary Daniels returns home.
Thus President Wilson and the heads of
both the army and navy rjrobablv will
be fcway from the country at the same.
time a situation which many oipeials
said today was without precedent. ,
Accompanied By Admirals.
The naval secretary will be accom
panied by Bear Admirals Taylor, chief
f,tlio JJiiMttu,.oijCanlctiott .ani,Jle.T
pair! Griffin, chief of the Bureau of
Steam Engineering; Earle, chief of the
Bureau of Ordnance, and Commander
Foote, his personal aide. The party will
be joined over seas by Admiral Benson,
chief of the Bureau of Operations, who
is attached to the American peace dolc-
j gution, and Vice Admiral Rims, com
manding in American naval forces in
European waters.
Ralls Next Ssturdsy.
Mr. Daniels nad his party will sail
from New York on the transport Levi
athan a week from tomorrow and will
go first to Paris to confer with the
French Admiralty. Later they will visit
London and Borne and probably will be
sway a month or more. Plans for the
retnrn trip have not yet been made.
. While alk deductions to ba draws
from wsr Mperiences' w-Hl be diseuas-
to uuiia ureaanougnts oi constantly in
ercasng power and battle cruisers. This
view is held by Rear Admiral Fletcher,
chairman of the general bofjd, and
former commander of the Atlantic fleet.
Composite Ship.
Admiral Mayo, eommandant of the
' Atlantic fleet; Vice-Admiral Sims and
i vi. a:..i t-- j --.t. . .i. -
eers who have "field lhVlS1pr-T)ti
-of -the -American service 1 thewar
sone, Jbelieve that a eomposito ship,
'conVbining the speed of a battle cruiser
with the gun-power and armor of a
battleship, should lie siibstitutedi-These
officers have been particularly impress
ed by British experiments toward a
composite craft with the construction
of the Hood, ono of the so-called Brit
ish "Hush" ships.
Secretary Daniels has not taken sides
in the dispute, nor have his three chief
technical advisers, the men who will
design and construct whatever ships
may be decided upon, expressed any
opinion. It Ss tho Secretary's purpose
to 'give these officers a full oportunity
to go into all of the Involved technical
questions' as to design during the trip
abroad in order that he may have the
benefit of their advice when it becomes
necessary for him to finally dotermine
future ship types.
Invited By British Admiralty. .
Secretary Daniels was invited by the
British admiralty to visit Europe dur
ing the war, but he was -unable to ac
cept that invitation. However,' Assist
ant Secretary Roosevelt, who wilt be
(Contlnned en Page Two.)
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iBy( Disposition of Committee
Is For Mann If He Will
Consent To Serve
(Br the Associated Press.)
Washington, March 7 Selection, of
the personnel of seven of the prin
cipal floostt rnmmitteer was completed
today by the Republican committee on
committees. Forty-five vacancies were
filllut ik -K... li
divided utwet' thow ii0 '.J
Representative Gillett of Massachusetts
and Representative Mnnn of Illinois in
ths irecent speakership contest.
While the committee did not consider
the floor, leadership there were several
developments la the contest. Represcnt-a
the Moore -of Pennsylvania announced
he would not be a candidate and would
urge Representative Mann to eoutinue
s floor leader. Representative Mondell
of Wyoming, ranking member of the
steering committee snd candidate for
the leadership, also said he would favor
Mr. Mann's continuance, but the Ill
inois member reiterated he would st
offer for re-election. '
No decision has yet been made by the
committee as to whom it will under
take to eeleet as floor leader, a whip
and steering committee, hut there
were indications today it would not
take up these matters until another
REPUBLICAN F
LOR
LEADER I
CHOSEN
I meeting is called. , '
NEW CUSTODIAN OF
. ALIEN PROPERTY
X ' "ass
With A. Mifcbell Palmer's elevation '
to the attorney generalship, Garvin !
succeeds to the duties of alien property ',
aimer, ujtvuu is riwnimnc
ernor of New York Htnte in
the
last
campaign.
Carjioufleur Toch Talks. On
Subject To American Chem
. ical Society
HUGE MORTARS HIDDEN
IN N. Y. FLOWER GARDENS j
Navy Yard, and Dock Alon
Atlantic Ooast Disguised
From The Enemy
(Br the Associated frees.)
New York, 'March-; Huge morion,
standing on concrete emplacements and
abundantly supplied with half ton pro
jectiles, were erected daring the war
among the flowers and shrubbery of
privoto gardens in New York City and
elswhere along the Atlentie coast, readv
to repeal the attacks of German naval I
or air ships, Maximilian Toch, one of
the first American cumoufleurs, told the
New York section of the Americsn
Chemical Society tonight.
Mr. Toch, who directed severs! of
the! navy's important camouflage pro
jects, spoke, with the consent of Sec
retary Daniels. He described bow
honeysuckle, morning glory and' ivy,
as well aa paints, -had bee employed
to eoneeal or lower the visibility of
coastal fortifications.
Had Range of Miles.
Ambrose: channel, the mourlllrif NW
York harbor, was protected la addi
tion to the guns in the regular army
forts by mortara having a range' of
twelve miles, said Mr. Toch. Some of
these auxiliary cannon, he declared,
were placed two'and a half miles in
land on private estates and so concealed
by arrangement of trees, shrubbery and
flowers that paRsersby were ignorant of
their erection and even aviators found
"little or no evidence" of their location.
They were manned by army gun crews.
The camoufleur described hh work
iu: disguising navy yards and docks
along the Atlantic coast, notably the
Pensacola and Key West bases, which
were exposed to att.ir.ki by German
raiders and submarines opersting in the
South Atlantic. The navy believed, Mr.
Toch asserted, that the tirrmans had a
secret base on the North Coast of Cuba,
adding that "Rich German firms in Ha
vana were notoiously aiding the cen
tral powers," amf that there were "more
German spies and propagandists on the
island than in. the United Slates."
Mr-Toeb declared, the army "did not
take kindly to camouflage at the be
binning of the war," and said that he
had .''(treat difficulty" in convincing
army officers of tho necessity of camou
flaging fortifications adjacent to navy
yards.
Prior to the war Mr. Toch gained a
reputation as a earaounVur by lowering
the visibility of tho forts at. the Pa
cific entrance to tho Panama canal.
Belgian Minister Goes Home.
Washington, Maxell 7. E. de Car
tier, Jielgian minister' to the United
Statu!, has left for Belgium, to be pres
ent in Brussels during the celebrations
in honor of the forthcoming visit , of
President Wilson to King Albert. Dur
ing his absence Charles Sytnon,' counsel-,
lor of the legation, is acting ss charge
d'affaires.
Income Blanks Ready Ni W'eck,
'Washington, March 7. Blanks on
which corporations will report their
1D1A income for war and excess profits
and income taxes will be ready for
distribution early next week, it wss an
nounced today.
N. Y. Harbor Strike Battled.
(Br th Aa..yiatd Press.)
New York, March 7. The Marine
workers' affiliation decided tonight, to
accept ths terms offered by the Bail
road Administration for ft settlement of
the strike which has paralysed trans
Atlantic and coastwise shipping since
Tuesday morning. - v
Vaaderbllt University Added. '
New York, Mar. 7. The Carnegie
foundation for the advancement of
teaching announced today that Vender
bilt University, Nashville, Tens., has
been added, to its list of associated universities,-
. ; . . i
Sllg
liEAL CHILD LABOR
BILL IS NOV LAV
Vigorous Debate Precedes Pas
sage of Measure in Senate
at Night Session ; .
ROAD BILL PASSES
.ON SECOND READING
Amendments Would Leave It
Optional To Counties To Pnt
Up One-fonrth of Cost
Te Vote Oa Shipntsa.
The Toto on Senator Coward's
amendment to substitute the Com
missionenAif Labor and Printing for
the Commissioner of Public Welfare
in the Neal bill was as follows: ,
Ayes Beddingfield, Brock, Burns,
Cloud, Csrr, Connor, Cowpcr of
IiCnoir, Coward, Cross, Hayriiore,
Lovill, Mitchell, .Patterson, Price,
"Sisk,8fncy',Hfevens, Thompson, Wil
liamson, Wright 20. '.
Noes Brown, Coo.per of Nest
ITnnover, Currin, DaveDport, De-
Montgomery,, Newton, Palme rj Bein
hardt, Ross, Shock, 8hinn, Teague,
Wakefield, WarJen 27. ,
Paired Harding for snd Mahhiim
sgsinst.
. Absent and not. voting Scales.
, Adoption of conference amendments
to the Fharr-Matthews road bill and
- . l - - ,
pannEO VI mo wranuru uu 10 rtxuiia ,
reading and of the Neal child labor Bmn
is .passed by the House, were the fea
tures of the Senate session lasnighU-
With the way paved for legislation
putting a State-wide road law into
effect, the Senate tackled tho child labor
bill at 10:30 o'clock and disposed of it
in an hour. On a roll call the Com
r of Labor, M. t Shipman. was
repudiated by vote cr 27 to a, oa
pX J5f
on the Child Labor Commission.
It was charged on the floor of the
Senate by Beaator Glidcwell that Mr.
Shipmaa was actuated ia his efforts to
get child labor legislation by a desire
to array capital against labor., fiesvates
Cewper demanded t scores ef the la
fdrmatioa but his question weat un
answered until Senator Stacy submitted
"that if it were true an investigation
should be nude. At this, the Rocking
ham Senator admitted that he had only
repeated a rnmor he had heard. 8ena-
to' Cf V u 8hi?m eupoa
stated that the latter denied emphati-
cally having said that the cotton menu-
fseturers were sgainst him but he had
3'00,0OO laboring people behind him and ;
would get even. " "Z 7 ;
The Education committee had re-k;
porrea xavoraoiy too lonuor cana moor
bill and Senator Long, of Halif.x. sent
in a minority report on ihs Neal bill,
1 i
(Coatlnaed ea Page Twev)
Opponents of Government Had
Captured Telegraph Lines
in Berlin
AMERICAN RED CROSS
eaiMAictai rum iinr-nrtil
MlddiyPf LltUrtnuunCU
I j
Many Casualties Resulted From
Fighting at German Capital,
Including Spectators
Government Forces la ' Control.
London, Msrch 7. All the import
ant buildings in Berlin were in the
hands of government troops Friday
afternoon and a good prosiiert of
maintaining order was issured, ac.
cording to a German government
Wireless message received here to
night., ,
The number Of dead and wounded
in the recent fighting exceeded fonr
hundred, the message says.
1 (Br th AaaaHates Preaa.)
. Berlin, Thnrsday, March 6. Govern
ment j troops began an attack from sll
sides" oa the center of the eity and
made brilliant progress. The attsck
wss Jor the purpose of relieving police
headquarters,' A column from the west
progressed to within a block of police
headquarters in two hours.
Itj is believed that the column suc
ceeded ia relieving the besieged gsr
risoi at police headquarters, although
nilliiary headquarters had not yet re
ceived any information on that point.
Retfreen 200 and .100 persons were
killld or wounded. ht casualties were
larajrly among spectators,
Tiie spectators, despite all waraifg,
persisted in staying to se the fighting.
The easuslties among the government
troifpe were comparatively light.
Tjiere wsj very little organized eo
herint opposition by the republican
guada and Spartaraa marines. They
were caught by surprise without effi
cient leadership and were nnable to
chedk; the attack of the well-disciplined
government forces.
' PiAaserieaae Were la Danger.
London, March 7. When bpartaeaa
BERTS
TROOPS
VHIP SPARTACANS
(Cos tinned aa rage' Two.)
HHIIT BILL
PASSESJ HOUSE
Would Benefit" Moral. Mental,
and Physical Condition of
-VVards of State
BROWN, OPPin, PUTS "
UP FIGHT ON'MEASURE
House Tables Neal Bill Aimed
at Primary. Law, and Jack
. son's Ballot Law
Roll Call on Brummllt Bill. ;
Ayes Bruinmitt, Ayeock, How
man, Boyd, Brown of Rowant"Bry
ant of Durham, Butt, CameronV Coi
nf forsyth. Crisp, DiiiLDardu:
Greene, Davis, Dawson, 'aVnugh'tmn,
Eckles, Everett, Forest, Fountain,
Gardner, Gatling, (iold, Grady, Gra
ham, Grant, Grantham, Urillin, Her
ring, Hoilgin, Holton, Johnson,
Jones, Kelley, Kcsler, Ijove, Lvdn.v,
Muttbews of Bertie, May, Mint,
Moore, McCoin, Neal, Nichols, Oli
ver, PasR, Pharr, Poole, Ray of
Mucon, Reufrow, Saunders, Snwyer,
'Jo J
cos, limns,
1 1 yyi j,T'i"wvmir-T
Wilson of
Wright 67:-
Jackson, Winliorne,
Noes Brown of Pitt, Burnett,
Chestnut, Clayton, Collins, rDaHteTT
of Halifax, Farmer, Galloway, Gar
ret, Gertysj Halsey, Kizer, Little,
Lloyd, McGuirc, Moose, Morgan, Me
Donald,' Macon, Penlanil, Propst,
Ray nt" Chatham, RolwrtK, Rose,
Williams of Johnston
Brown of Pitt, asserting boldly thqt a
jury, be meant-r-should supcrscilo a
jury he meant should supercede a
board of specialists in determining the
best' treatment for mental defectives
and kindred wards of the State, mus
tered twenty-five votes in the House
yesterday against Speaker Brummitt's
bill to "benefit the moral, mental and
physical condition of inmates of penal
and charitable institutions." Tho bill
came from the health committee with
a unanimous favorable report and just
before consideration yesterday after
noon was preceded by a special message
from the Governor urging its enact
ment. ' '
Stanley Winborne of Hertford, chair
man ol the health committee, Dr. Wil
kins, a practitioner and a member of
the committee, and ITolton of Pamlico
argued for its passage. Mr. Brown was
alone In his opposition which ran to
insistency. .
This bit of opposition to -what has
been characterised us the moat humane
piece of legislation offered to the Gen-
ml
Assembly, specifically emmrsea
,,i tir,,j i,v Governor Bickntt and en-
i ,orsed by Secretary Daniels and the
: Xhrlh CarnlinaHocinl Smite Confer- '
ence, was the afternoon .feature of an
all day and half-night seasioii. J
Kill Election Measure,''
! inr ntsi '! i ic-ni "'"-i
; the, primary, law, the William, bill to
j repeal tne ansentee voters mw ana t"r
. i (Continued ea Page Eight.)
AL
Dictator of Omsk Government
Must Not .Interfere at
Vladivostok
ARREST OF OFFICIALS
Tl I fit I IO ri- frt nTlrtl
nMO lHUOtu lyummunwiv
Six Anti-Bolshevist Municipal
Officers Deported By Gen.
IvanoffTlin6ff
(Br thATHatd Preaa.)
Washington, March 7. Vladivostok
has leen thrown into a commotion by
the arrest and deportation of six non
Bolshevik municipal officials by General
IvanofT Hinoff, commander of the. Vlad
ivostok military district under the Omsk
Siberian government.
Official advices today reporting the
Incident said there was strong feeling
LIESlLIRr
ADMIRAL
KOLCHAK
among the reople of the city against the I wilh mor0 livery and credit thin the
allies because the arrest of the officials j American soldier. '
was permitted.' Representatives of the! Representative Charles M. Stodmaa
'allies notified their respective govern-1 l't J'caterday for his heme in Gree,ns.
,)- , 1 I boro where he will spend the congres-
ments and asked for instructions. tionllj rflf(,,Si Representative Lee Bob
; It was intimated In official quarters inson obtained a leave of absence about
here the allies and tho United States I a week ago to attend the bedside Of
i.i i.t...:i i.-i.w !. I his son who is ill. and will not return
. of .the Omsk government, that General
KiDotT must be restrained from inter
fering with the Vladivostok local au
thorities.! I rullsr Sltastion. .
I Washington, March 7. A peculiar sit
j nation exists at Vladivostok., Months
ago elections resulted in the setting up
' of a Hoviet municipal ,gnveriimciit, si
' thoiio-h the citv i wttliln tliA vnst
1 stretch of territory under tho sway f
i th Omsk Ail.Rnsainn reirlme. Tiie citv
is iMiliced by Omsk soldiers without "re-
gsrd to the local authorities, and the
whole situation actually is controlled
by the allied and American warships in
the harbor. ,
First reports of the action of General
BinotT indicated it followed agifation in
stigated by Generals Horvatli and Hem
InofT, Siberian military commanders
who are none to friendly to Kolchnk. It
developed later, however,' iliat insfenu
the men deported were alleged to have
beea implicated iu a general plot against
the Omsk authorities. They are said
to have beea sent to Harbin.
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Ivl LEAN FAVORS
LEAGUE OF NATlOF IS
In Opinion of Tarheet The Sen
timent of Country Is Over
. whelmingly For Plan
TARHEELS TOCOME "
HOME DURING MARCH
Maj. Matt AUen Writes About
Compliment Paid American
Troops By Germans
. News snd Observer Baresu,
40 Dirtrict National Bank Hide ,
Br 8. B. WINTERS.
(By Special Leased Wire.) -Washington,
Mar. 7. Democratic Na
tional Conunittccman A. W. McLean, of
Lumberton, who lias been an advocate
of the; Iieague of Nations for a Ions;
time,-and who, as president of the
North Carolina Bar Association dcliv
er'cd an address advocatingthe creation
of a limine of Xalions at the Peace
Conference, such as is-now riroDoeed.-
! in spcaSiiig jt the subjecTToday saidl .
In my .opinion the overwhelming . , .
iJfl,&JSSi'l&:Jl. JSM-:.x cannoi see . . ..
nw -vrK-vvwrgi'nv' wwrJam,liwe'i
porson can find fii'.ilt with the principle ,
involved. I think that br the time the ''
matter is presented to the Senate for
- ratification the sentiment of -our people
"Vill he so strong and overwhelming '-
that no Senator who has any regard
( for the wishes-cf his constituents would
dare to oppose the treaty involving th .
' league plan. It looks now as if the Be
publicans are going to be unwise enough
tn inject the issue into the approaching
TnMitirt-Tmpaigrrwnrl- if -they rhr I pre- - -diet
that they will bo overwhelmingly,
defeated. It is a perfectly safe issue .
upon which the Democratic party can
go before the country in the next elec
tion. This is strikingly illustrated in
tho result iu the twenty-second congres
sional district of Pennsylvania, where
oa lust Tuesilay in a special election to
fill the vacancy caused by the death of .
tho Republican incumbent, John H,
Wilson, a Democrat, wss eleotcd to
Congress solely upon the issue of
League of Nations and standing by the
President at the Peare Conference,
This is tho second time that the die.
trkt has goae Democratic la ifty,
ycarc '
"la addition to tta-iavorabla political ,
phases, the league of nations scheme ia
volves a greet moral principle, and it
will bo found that practically all tba
moral and religions forces of this coun
try will finally line up solidly for it! '
adoption."
Tsrheels Coming Home. -
By cablegram to the War Department
today Generul Pershing indicated the
complexion, according to States, of the
regiments booked for early convoy to
America. General Pershing has recom
mended the return of &K),U00 overseas
soldiers by JuJy JThe 30th Division,
composed tf North Carolina,South
( arolma ami Tennessee troops ,is sched-
. , t , . ,.,,".
j oin during Z'ZtiTJLSZ
:.Ejglll umiu wJordi4g to the cable
i frmm if Oftnoml Poristiint a rs wmA asm i
fnawtlr"'f"'TaThiTlrr'hr--rwiirpoaet
j trts, according to army designations,
are: 110th Infnntrr, under the general-
ship of Col. J. Van B. Metz, of Wil
mington, N. C.j lioth Infantry; lOSth
KtiRineers; 10.1th Supply Train; 105th
train headquarters and military police;
lll.jth sanitary train; Ullth field artil
i lery, under the generalship of Col. Al
I bert Cox, of Raleigh, and lloth.'ma
' chine gun battalion.
rSduniu StZJt
North Carolina boys. These regiments., :
according to tentative plans, are booked
for demobilization at Camn Jack son.
K C. The War Department has not in
dicated to Senators Simmons snd Over-'
. '....
milieu to Parana m naingn.
Compliments Americans. . Jj
secretary Jianiels lias received a letter -from
.Major Matt Allen, of Goldsboro,
u-lin la n 4mlirn Ai1mitii,ta.in- n..Hl.k.
ment to German prisoners overseas, ia
which ho quotes a German officer a
"."
After service of 32 years in the (5er- ,
man arany, and having fought through
ma,u,y battles, I can any, I have never
seen any soldiers who had as much self
respect, sclf-restratrtTt and who carried
thcinseles as well as the soldiers ef
America.
Tho remarkable tribute was voted the
Americans by a German officer who Is a
cousin of, the Kaiser, The .testimony'
adds a preponderance of evidence to "
snvport other claims of the Germane
tlint nn nlilin avm ttnnnilt. A kim a! '
j '0 Washington until the reconvening e
Congress. - His private secretary, Wil
limn Little, till leave Saturday for bit
home in Wadesboro. ' .
Beeretary of the Navy and Mrs. Dan
iels left Washington at 8 o'clock tonight
for Raleigh, where they will spend
Saturday nnd Sunday.
Comment on Wedding.
Commenting on the approaching "wed
ding of the daughters of Senator and
If 8- Overman, the society editor
! of the (Washington Star has this to ssyt
'Senatorial weddings are delightfally
j rare affairs In Washington society, and
the announcement coming from. Senator
and Mrs, Lee S. Overman of North Caro
lina of the . engagement of their
daughter, Miss Kathryn Balrd Overman,
to Mr. Gilbert Foote HamMey, close
upon the announcement ot the engage
ment of their daughter, Miss Grace Mc
Dowell Overman,- to Mr. Edgar Norris
JSamt is indee'd interesting.
''Both of the prospective bridegrooms
are from North Carolina, Mr. Snow be-
(Continued oa Pag Two.)